A comprehensive literature review of marine biodiversity in Hong Kong

Abstract

With the implementation of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD), local and regional species inventories are becoming increasingly important for biodiversity assessments, marine resource monitoring and management, yet such inventories are often incomplete or compromised by not being updated by experts. The South China Sea, for example, is among the world's most species-rich marine areas but it is also one of the areas where species information is poorly categorized. Hong Kong's marine biota is relatively well explored and documented among the South China Sea region, and this study integrates most available species information to construct a species inventory. The coastline of Hong Kong is characterized by a range of diverse habitats such as ...